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Peter Paul Rubens

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Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid)

Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid)

c. 1639

Sketch in brown and red tones of Hercules and Minerva driving away Mars amid swirling figures and clouds.

Hercules and Minerva expelling Mars

1634

Rubens painting of the Holy Family with a macaw perched on a column, a seated woman in red holding a nude infant.

Yhe holy Family with the parrot

1614

The Triumph of the Church

The Triumph of the Church

after 1628

Triptych painting of the Virgin Mary giving a garment to a kneeling clergyman, with angels above and a royal couple on the si

Ildefonso Altarpiece

1630

Baroque painting of a gilded chariot with white horses, a robed woman holding a monstrance, and winged putti in clouds.

The Triumph of the Church

1625

Painting of a sleeping winged youth reclining on a red drape beneath a hanging lamp, dark background.

Amor Asleep

1630

Painting by Rubens showing dead game birds and produce on a table beside figures, including an old woman in a white headscarf

Philopoemen Recognised by an Old Woman

1616

Oil sketch of a seated nude woman and a bearded man in red drapery in a garden with vines, pumpkins and trees.

Vertumnus and Pomona

1636

Painting of a warrior in armor freeing a nude woman on a rocky shore beside a winged white horse and cherubs.

Perseus Freeing Andromeda

1620

Crowded art cabinet with paintings, classical busts, a globe and scientific instruments, with a seated nude and cupid in fron

The Sense of Sight

1617

Brown-toned drawing of armored goddess Bellona among fallen warriors and nude figures, with an altar and ruined city.

Bellona

1592

Painting of a woman in white and gold led by an elderly man as a warrior gestures toward a tent, with horses and a ship nearb

Briseis returned to Achilles by Nestor

1630

Painting of mourners tending the body of the dead Christ on a cloth beside a rocky wood under a stormy sky.

The Lamentation over the Dead Christ

1613

Painting of Orpheus leading nude Eurydice from a fiery underworld, with a torch-bearing figure and dogs in the foreground.

Orpheus and Eurydice

1636

Seated woman in black dress and lace ruff on a balcony, with a palace and countryside landscape behind her.

The Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia

1615

Painting of a goddess nursing an infant among peacocks, a golden chariot, and a starry night sky with an eagle nearby.

The Origin of the Milky Way

1636

Painting of a woman in white riding a white bull through the sea, with cupids flying overhead and a coastal landscape behind.

The Rape of Europa

1628

Painting of centaurs seizing a nude woman as men fight them off near a banquet table with fruit and a classical column.

Rape of Hippodamia

1636

Oil sketch of a bearded saint in red robes with a palm and book, gazing upward among clouds with two putti.

St. Albert of Louvain

1620

Oil painting of the Adoration of the Magi: Mary holds the Christ Child while kneeling kings offer gold vessels in a rocky sta

Adoration of the Magi

1620

Rubens painting of a mythological wedding feast with a nude woman, a helmeted warrior, cherubs and a fruit-laden table.

The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis

1636

Rubens painting of a crowned king on a throne ordering a soldier to divide a baby as two women plead.

The Judgement of Solomon

1615-1618

Oil painting of a banquet where a woman in red carries a platter with a severed head past seated guests.

The Feast of Herod. Salome Bringing the Head of St John the Baptist on a Charger

1600-1699

Loose painted sketch of a muscular nude man struggling as armored soldiers advance, beside a reclining woman in pink drapery.

The Capture of Samson

1609-10

Painting of a violent battle of mounted warriors and horses on a stone bridge, with fallen nude figures in the foreground.

The Battle of the Amazons

1618

Triptych: risen Christ with red banner among startled soldiers, flanked by a fur-clad man and a woman with a palm.

The Resurrection of Christ

1611

Painting of a kneeling nun in white praying toward a glowing vision, with a crucifix, skull and open book on a table.

The Vision of Saint Teresa of Avila

Sketch of Bacchus in a lion-drawn chariot surrounded by satyrs, putti and revelers in warm brown tones.

De triomftocht van Bacchus

1636

Painting of a bearded man in red armour offering bread to an elder in gold robes, with soldiers, a horse and cherubs.

The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek

c. 1626

Painting of a man praying with clasped hands among several lions in a rocky cave, with a skull and bones on the ground.

Daniel in the Lions' Den

c. 1614/1616

Painting of a runaway chariot with rearing horses falling through clouds, surrounded by winged figures and falling nude forms

The Fall of Phaeton

c. 1604/1605, probably reworked c. 1606/1608